Cargo Quote by Anonymous

Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

— Irwin Redlener

“A single Seaway ship can hold up to six million gallons of vessel-steadying ballast water that gets discharged at a port in exchange for…

— Dan Egan

The Mississippi River carries the mud of thirty states and two provinces 2,000 miles south to the delta and deposits 500 million tons of…

— Charles Kuralt

Trade carried by sea has grown fourfold since 1970 and is still growing. In 2011, the 360 commercial ports of the United States took…

— Rose George

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of…

— Leonard Boswell

Delaware River Power Squadron is dedicated to boating safety through education and civic activities in several locations in Philadelphia while also serving the boating…

— Robert Brady

The Port of Houston, known as the International Port of Texas, holds a pivotal role as the nation's largest port for waterborne tonnage and…

— Al N. Green

All those trucks and barges that carry our goods to port are vital connections to the only force which can balance our trade deficit:…

— Jo Ann Emerson

A lot of people don't understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district.…

— Janice Hahn

In my home State of Texas, the Port of Houston operates as the United States' top port for foreign tonnage and our second largest…

— Michael McCaul

Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system.

— Jerry Costello

In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores,…

— Dana Rohrabacher